Siege of Fort Niagara

The Siege of Fort Niagara (1756) was a battle of the French and Indian War that occurred when a 1,130-strong Colonial army under William Johnson laid siege to the French fort of Fort Niagara in the Ohio Valley of upstate New York. Johnson faced a smaller garrison of 608 French troops and Native American allies under Perrin Folliot, and Johnson succeeded in taking the city with 45 losses.